Comments on: UPS Getting a Bailout (So Says FedEx) http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/06/12/ups-getting-a-bailout-so-says-fedex/ Providing logistics professionals with clear and concise analyses of Logistics Trends, Technologies, and Services Wed, 16 May 2012 10:07:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ccbcdeke http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/06/12/ups-getting-a-bailout-so-says-fedex/comment-page-1/#comment-52 ccbcdeke Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:49:59 +0000 http://logisticsviewpoints.com/?p=1166#comment-52 354th said "YOU DON’T NEED A UNION, IF THE COMPANY YOU WORK FOR TREATS YOU WITH RESPECT WITH A GOOD WAGE AND BENEFITS." This may be true but if you have never been at a company that has gone union, they can be very persuasive and persistant, to the point of threatening. 354th said
“YOU DON’T NEED A UNION, IF THE COMPANY YOU WORK FOR TREATS YOU WITH RESPECT WITH A GOOD WAGE AND BENEFITS.”

This may be true but if you have never been at a company that has gone union, they can be very persuasive and persistant, to the point of threatening.

]]> By: 354th http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/06/12/ups-getting-a-bailout-so-says-fedex/comment-page-1/#comment-50 354th Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:11:36 +0000 http://logisticsviewpoints.com/?p=1166#comment-50 THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS THIS: IF FEDX IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO WORK AS MANAGEMENT CLAIMS, THEN WHY ARE THEY GOING THROUGH SO MUCH BOTHER TO FIGHT TO KEEP THEIR EMPLOYEES FROM HAVING THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND A VOICE FOR THEIR LIVELY HOOD. YOU DON'T NEED A UNION, IF THE COMPANY YOU WORK FOR TREATS YOU WITH RESPECT WITH A GOOD WAGE AND BENEFITS. THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS THIS: IF FEDX IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO WORK AS MANAGEMENT CLAIMS, THEN WHY ARE THEY GOING THROUGH SO MUCH BOTHER TO FIGHT TO KEEP THEIR EMPLOYEES FROM HAVING THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND A VOICE FOR THEIR LIVELY HOOD. YOU DON’T NEED A UNION, IF THE COMPANY YOU WORK FOR TREATS YOU WITH RESPECT WITH A GOOD WAGE AND BENEFITS.

]]> By: scdaddyo http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/06/12/ups-getting-a-bailout-so-says-fedex/comment-page-1/#comment-48 scdaddyo Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:36:31 +0000 http://logisticsviewpoints.com/?p=1166#comment-48 After reading this there is certainly a lot of confusion and misinformation about this. Consider these points: NLRA already covers some FedEx operating companies… FedEx LTL operating companies are already under the NLRA. It makes sense given they are a wholly owned end-to-end trucking network. Differences… FedEx Express is the largest Airline in the world that uses trucks for it’s pick up and last leg. FedEx Ground is a franchised delivery service. The Ground Corporation only owns the line-haul, which is the smallest portion of the business, the rest is entirely independently owned. Unlike both of these operating companies UPS is the largest end-to-end trucking company in the world. UPS owns every part of their network and is a true trucking company. Who benefits…. Who, other than UPS or the Teamsters, benefits by putting the largest Airline in the World under the NLRA? Teamsters… Does anyone remember what happened between August 4th and 19th of 1997 when the Teamsters strike shut down UPS. It crippled the country and people were throwing packages over the fence at FedEx stations hoping that their packages would be delivered. Should NLRA be imposed on FedEx the Teamsters will make unionizing FedEx a top priority. Should unionization efforts not succeed at first they will keep their unionized drivers from filling open positions at FedEx. What’s next… If the NLRA incorporates Airlines and Franchised businesses what’s next? Will it go after ocean freight just because they too offer delivery from the port to the final leg using a truck? After reading this there is certainly a lot of confusion and misinformation about this.

Consider these points:

NLRA already covers some FedEx operating companies…
FedEx LTL operating companies are already under the NLRA. It makes sense given they are a wholly owned end-to-end trucking network.

Differences…
FedEx Express is the largest Airline in the world that uses trucks for it’s pick up and last leg. FedEx Ground is a franchised delivery service.

The Ground Corporation only owns the line-haul, which is the smallest portion of the business, the rest is entirely independently owned.

Unlike both of these operating companies UPS is the largest end-to-end trucking company in the world. UPS owns every part of their network and is a true trucking company.

Who benefits….
Who, other than UPS or the Teamsters, benefits by putting the largest Airline in the World under the NLRA?

Teamsters…
Does anyone remember what happened between August 4th and 19th of 1997 when the Teamsters strike shut down UPS. It crippled the country and people were throwing packages over the fence at FedEx stations hoping that their packages would be delivered.

Should NLRA be imposed on FedEx the Teamsters will make unionizing FedEx a top priority. Should unionization efforts not succeed at first they will keep their unionized drivers from filling open positions at FedEx.

What’s next…
If the NLRA incorporates Airlines and Franchised businesses what’s next? Will it go after ocean freight just because they too offer delivery from the port to the final leg using a truck?

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